Corona Fight: Delhi CM Kejriwal announces to give Rs 5,000 to construction workers

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced that his government would give Rs 5,000 to each construction worker in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak and constituted a five-member doctors'' panel to prepare a plan to deal with situation if the national capital enters stage 3 of COVID-19.

Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal said that the livelihood of construction workers has been affected due to coronavirus as the city has gone under lockdown since



Monday. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation at 8 pm and announced a 21-day countrywide lockdown from midnight.

According to an official, the Delhi government''s move will benefit around 46,000 construction workers who are registered with the Construction Workers Welfare Board Fund. 

Kejriwal said no new case of coronavirus has been reported in Delhi in the past 40 hours, and the earlier number of virus-infected patients has also gone down from 30 to 23.